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1. It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
directed by Frank Capra
featuring James Stewart, Donna Reed, Lionel Barrymore, Thomas Mitchell, Henry TraversThis is director Frank Capra's classic bittersweet comedy/drama about George Bailey (James Stewart), the eternally-in-debt guiding force of a bank in ... More
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2. The Hour of Stars: Miracle on 34th Street (1955)
directed by Edmond F. Bernoudy, Robert Stevenson
featuring Thomas Mitchell, Teresa Wright, Sandy DescherThe 20th Century-Fox Hour (later syndicated as The Hour of Stars) ran on CBS just shy of two years, from October 1955 through September 1957. An ... More
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3. The Outlaw (1943)
directed by Howard R. Hughes
featuring Jack Buetel, Jane Russell, Thomas Mitchell, Walter Huston, Mimi AgugliaPerhaps Hollywood's greatest success du scandal of the 1940s, this odd psychological Western became a box office hit largely thanks to the ... More
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4. The Keys of the Kingdom (1944)
directed by John M. Stahl
featuring Gregory Peck, Thomas Mitchell, Vincent Price, Roddy McDowall, Rosa Stradner, Edmund GwennBased on the novel by A.J. Cronin, The Keys of the Kingdom was the first big-budget effort of movie-newcomer Gregory Peck. This is the 137-minute ... More
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5. Our Town (1940)
directed by Sam Wood
featuring William Holden, Martha Scott, Fay Bainter, Beulah Bondi, Thomas MitchellThornton Wilder's Pulitzer Prize-winning play Our Town is given the Hollywood treatment in this adaptation directed by Sam Wood featuring an ... More
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6. High Noon (1952)
directed by Fred Zinnemann
featuring Gary Cooper, Grace Kelly, Thomas Mitchell, Lloyd Bridges, Katy Jurado, Otto KrugerThis Western classic stars Gary Cooper as Hadleyville marshal Will Kane, about to retire from office and go on his honeymoon with his new Quaker ... More
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7. Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
directed by Frank Capra
featuring James Stewart, Jean Arthur, Claude Rains, Edward Arnold, Thomas Mitchell, Guy Kibbee, Beulah Bondi, Eugene Pallette, Harry CareyFrank Capra's classic comedy-drama established James Stewart as a lead actor in one of his finest (and most archetypal) roles. The film opens as a ... More
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8. Moontide (1942)
directed by Archie Mayo, Fritz Lang
featuring Jean Gabin, Ida Lupino, Thomas Mitchell, Claude Rains, Jerome CowanForced to flee Paris during the Occupation, the great French leading man Jean Gabin starred in a brace of Hollywood films, the best of which was the ... More
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9. Joan of Paris (1942)
directed by Robert Stevenson
featuring Michèle Morgan, Paul Henreid, Thomas Mitchell, Laird Cregar, May RobsonAt first glance, we seem to be watching the 1934 Fred Astaire/Ginger Rogers musical The Gay Divorcee, which opens with a montage of Paris nightspots. ... More
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10. Out of the Fog (1941)
directed by Anatole Litvak
featuring Ida Lupino, John Garfield, Thomas Mitchell, Eddie Albert, George TobiasOut of the Fog is the film version of the Irwin Shaw play The Gentle People, refashioned to mollify the Hollywood censors by expert wordsmiths Robert ... More
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11. Stagecoach (1939)
directed by John Ford
featuring Claire Trevor, John Wayne, Andy Devine, Thomas Mitchell, George Bancroft, John CarradineList of all editionsAlthough there were Westerns before it, Stagecoach quickly became a template for all movie Westerns to come. Director John Ford combined action, ... More
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12. Adventure (1945)
directed by Victor Fleming
featuring Clark Gable, Greer Garson, Joan Blondell, Thomas Mitchell, Tom TullyList of all editionsA middle-aged Clark Gable returned from active duty in World War II to star in this MGM release that was heavily advertised as his big comeback. ... More
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13. The Long Voyage Home (1940)
directed by John Ford
featuring John Wayne, Thomas Mitchell, Ian Hunter, Barry Fitzgerald, Wilfred LawsonList of all editionsJohn Ford welded four of Eugene O'Neill's one-act plays about the sea, Bound East for Cardiff, The Long Voyage Home, The Zone, and Moon of the ... More
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14. The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1939)
directed by William Dieterle
featuring Charles Laughton, Cedric Hardwicke, Maureen O'Hara, Thomas Mitchell, Edmond O'BrienList of all editionsFew will argue with the contention that RKO Radio's 1939 adaptation of Victor Hugo's The Hunchback of Notre Dame was the best of the many screen ... More
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15. Make Way for Tomorrow (1937)
directed by Leo McCarey
featuring Victor Moore, Beulah Bondi, Fay Bainter, Thomas Mitchell, Ray MayerList of all editionsWhile not a box-office success, this drama, directed by Leo McCarey, developed a potent reputation among film critics and movie buffs for its ... More
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16. The Big Wheel (1949)
directed by Edward Ludwig
featuring Mickey Rooney, Thomas Mitchell, Michael O'Shea, Spring Byington, Mary HatcherList of all editionsIn The Big Wheel, Mickey Rooney plays Billy Coy, a garage mechanic who matriculates into a champion race-car driver. On the way to the top, he steps ... More
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17. The Black Swan (1942)
directed by Henry King
featuring Tyrone Power, Maureen O'Hara, Laird Cregar, Thomas Mitchell, George SandersList of all editionsPerhaps unintentionally, the 1942 Technicolor swashbuckler The Black Swan is a bondage fetishist's dream, with hero and heroine Tyrone Power and ... More
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18. Only Angels Have Wings (1939)
directed by Howard Hawks
featuring Cary Grant, Jean Arthur, Richard Barthelmess, Rita Hayworth, Thomas Mitchell, John Carroll, Allyn JoslynList of all editionsVirtually a textbook example of Howard Hawks' "macho" mode, Only Angels Have Wings takes place high in the Peruvian Andes. Cary Grant heads a ... More
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19. The Immortal Sergeant (1943)
directed by John M. Stahl
featuring Henry Fonda, Maureen O'Hara, Thomas Mitchell, Allyn Joslyn, Reginald GardinerList of all editionsThough Henry Fonda is top-billed in The Immortal Sergeant, the title character is played by Thomas Mitchell. Set in the Libyan Desert during WW2, the ... More
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20. Buffalo Bill (1944)
directed by William Wellman
featuring Joel McCrea, Maureen O'Hara, Linda Darnell, Thomas Mitchell, Anthony QuinnList of all editionsNo slouch himself at rearranging the facts to make a good story, Colonel William F. "Buffalo Bill" Cody would probably have enjoyed this Technicolor ... More
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21. While the City Sleeps (1956)
directed by Fritz Lang
featuring Dana Andrews, Ida Lupino, Rhonda Fleming, Sally Forrest, George Sanders, Thomas Mitchell, Vincent PriceList of all editionsWhen media mogul Amos Kyne (Robert Warwick) dies, his business, which includes a major newspaper, a television station, and a wire news service, is ... More
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22. The Romance of Rosy Ridge (1947)
directed by Roy Rowland
featuring Joyce Arling, Van Johnson, James Bell, Janet Leigh, Thomas Mitchell, William Bishop, Jim Davis, Charles DingleList of all editionsJanet Leigh made an impressive film-debut in MGM's The Romance of Rosy Ridge. Though the title suggests a lighthearted musical, the film is actually ... More
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23. Bataan (1943)
directed by Tay Garnett
featuring Robert Taylor, George Murphy, Thomas Mitchell, Lloyd Nolan, Lee Bowman, Robert WalkerList of all editionsIn 1942, Metro-Goldwyn-Meyer and the United States Office of War Information collaborated on Bataan with the official goal to increase public ... More
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24. Dark Waters (1944)
directed by André De Toth
featuring Merle Oberon, Franchot Tone, Thomas Mitchell, Fay Bainter, Rex Ingram, John QualenList of all editionsAdapted from a Saturday Evening Post serial by Frank and Marian Cockrell, Dark Waters stars Merle Oberon as heiress Leslie Calvin, a woman with a ... More
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25. Angels over Broadway (1940)
directed by Ben Hecht, Lee Garmes
featuring Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., Rita Hayworth, Thomas Mitchell, John Qualen, George Watts, Ralph TheodoreList of all editionsIn the Ben Hecht-scripted Angels over Broadway. Douglas Fairbanks Jr. plays a poker hustler working in cahoots with good-time girl Rita Hayworth. ... More







